Last week’s LEAD Right Leadership Lunch, a standing-room-only event, included hundreds of African American, Asian American and Latino American leaders and activists and conservatives.
“The liberal media and the left would hate to admit it, but this is what the Republican Party looks like,” said RNC spokesman Steve Guest.
Speakers included RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Pastor Darrell Scott, former Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson and former presidential candidate Herman Cain.
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During her remarks, McDaniel told the story of Clarence Henderson, an African-American civil rights activist who switched from a Democrat to a Republican.
“I recently asked Clarence to share his story about becoming a Republican,” McDaniel said. “He told me that after years of voting for Democrats, he researched the promises they made and didn’t keep.
McDaniel wrote op-ed about Henderson on Fox News in February, sharing his own words about why he switched parties.
After years of voting for the Democratic Party based on indoctrination and what others say, I began to investigate all the promises the Democratic Party had made and failed to keep. At the same time, I was researching the Republican Party and what it was doing to support the cause of African Americans. I saw that the party’s values were consistent with my beliefs. I knew I was a Republican when I voted for George W. Bush.
The RNC hopes to keep the African-American community informed about the efforts Republicans are making on jobs and the economy, especially in lithe of tax reform. She cited their engagement efforts in Ohio as an example.
“In Ohio, we heard from our team that minorities in particular wanted to learn more about starting and growing small businesses. So we held a workshop with a Small Business Administration representative to answer their questions and help them navigate the process.”
In Detroit, they organized a panel discussion on tax reform with African American community leaders to discuss the benefits of tax cuts.
Recently, rapper Kanye West shared his own political thoughts in which he seemed to sympathize with the Republican Party. Kanye expressed his support and “love” for President Trump on Twitter, while also sharing quotes from prominent conservatives. Then his friend and fellow artist Chance the Rapper tweeted, “Black people don’t have to be Democrats.”
Perhaps the tide is turning away from the baseless stereotypes that Republicans have had to endure for too long.
